Hydrophobic peptides: Novel regulators within bacterial membrane

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-11

  Alix, Eric ^a,b,c   Blanc Potard, Anne Béatrice ^a,b,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECNB PEPTIDE; HOK PEPTIDE; HYDROPHOBIC PEPTIDE; IBSA PEPTIDE; IBSB PEPTIDE; IBSC PEPTIDE; IBSD PEPTIDE; IBSE PEPTIDE; LDRD PEPTIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SHOB PEPTIDE; TISB PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 62949231327     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06626.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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